HISTORY OF WORLD WAR II Wall Chart Poster - Vanguard Publications 1995

A must for the wall of any history classroom, or history buff! This amazing, comprehensive wall chart features a complete timeline of World War II, the 1939-1945 conflict that engulfed the planet, and shaped the course of humanity for the rest of the 20th century and beyond.

The timeline section features hundreds of facts and figures from throughout the war, starting with a "Prelude to War" section, and ending with the concluding moments - the dropping of the Atomic Bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Surrounding the timeline are dozens of archival photographic images from famous battles around the world, as well as a map of the D-Day invasion of Europe, June 6, 1944. Around the border of the poster are portraits of the main political and military players, including Franklin D. Roosevelt, Joseph Stalin, Winston Churchill; American Military heroes Eisenhower, Marshall, MacArthur, Bradley, Nimitz, Arnold, Spaatz, King, and Patton; Germany's Hitler, Goring, Von Manstein, Rommel, Guderian, and Goebbels; Japan's Yamamoto, Tojo, and Hirohito; Italy's Mussolini; France's De Gaulle; Britain's Mountbatten, Tedder, Harris, Alexander, and Montgomery; USSR's Molotov and Zhukov; and Yugoslavia's Tito. An amazing walk through history - a truly legendary, spectacular poster for anyone with an interest in military history and world politics!